Steam Powered Ship in Ventura
Steamboats
Image shows the steamboat from the side angle. There smoke stack in the middle of the boat emitting black smoke. The boat also has two masts, for supplemental sails, one to the front and one to the rear of the boat. Passengers on the vessel are visible, a group is gathered at the front of the boat.
Brewster, John Calvin
Donated by Betty Lou Evans, 2000
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1890
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Sepia photograph
21.5 x 13.3 cm
English
Image
32339
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Unloading Lumber on Ventura Wharf, 1874
Piers
Lumber--Transportation
View of lumber being unloaded from a ship at Ventura Pier. Three horse-drawn carts wait on the wharf. A large pallet of wood is being moved from the ship to the carts. It appears blurry as though in motion. The masts of the ship are visible behind the pier.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1874
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Black and white photograph
19.2 x 11.3 cm
English
Image
3847
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Coos Bay Shipwreck Washed Ashore
Shipwrecks
Petroleum pipelines
View of the Coos Bay washed ashore. A team of workers assess the situation.
Library records indicate: The Coos Bay sank off of the pier in 1915, and was thrown up onto the beach following a night of high waves 1947-11-25. Landed on top of an Associated Oil Co. pipeline, and breaking it.
Unknown
1988
Museum of Ventura County
1947-11-25
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15122, 15123
Black and white photograph
8.2 x 11.5 cm
English
Image
15121
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Captain John Quinn and Guests on U.S.S. Norton Sound AV-11
Portraits, Group
Camarillo, Adolfo, 1864-1958
Navies--Officers
Gardner, Ed
Mayors
Ships
Official photograph U. S. Navy.
Group photo of Captain John Quinn with guests during an open house on the U. S. S. Norton Sound AV-11.
Left to right: Captain W. B. Jackson, Captain E. W. Parish, Jr., Adolpho Camarillo, Milton Ramelli, Captain John Quinn, Matt Borchard, Captain H. P. Needham, Richard Bard, Judge David Flynn, Rudolph Beck, Mayor Ed Gardner, Marshall Bob Clark, Commander E. R. Eastwood, and Commander H. H. Larsen.
United States. Navy
Camarillo Family Collection, 2017
Museum of Ventura County
1950-04-08
Official photograph U. S. Navy
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Black and white photograph
25.3 x 20.7 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
41863
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Untitled, (Coos Bay Breaking through Ventura Wharf During Storm)
Wharves--Ventura
A real photo postcard depicting the Ventura Pier after the ship Coos Bay collided with it. A man is visible in the foreground surveying the damaged pier. The pier appears to be cut in half. Three men are visible on the other side of the cut looking at the damage. Portions of the wood decking are missing and debris is strewn around the surface of the pier.
Verso: Notation reading, "Coos Bay breaking through Ventura Wharf during storm"
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20138 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
The Pier, Ventura
Ventura--Views--Circa 1910
Wharves--Ventura
A scene of the Ventura Pier with a boat moored to it. There is a larger ship offshore near the end of the pier. The Channel Islands are in the distance with the beach and rolling surf in the foreground. Two images are depicted: A sepia version of the postcard and the other card with color added.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia postcard
Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20122 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura Beach Scene
Beaches--Ventura--Circa 1910
Ventura--Views--Circa 1910
A beach scene in Ventura with numerous fully dressed people sitting on the sand. Other people in silhouette are standing in the water. Children are playing in the shallow water at the edge of the surf. On the left side of the image is a horse and carriage with a woman seated in it. Two ships are visible in the distance.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, made in Germany, A75199]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20121 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura, Cal. Ventura Wharf 1906
Wharves--Ventura
View of the Ventura Wharf from the shoreline, with one ship leaving and at least one ship docked.
[MacGregor, J.J., Ventura, Cal. Photo by J.C. Brewster. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
Brewster, John Calvin
MacGregor, J. J.
Museum of Ventura County
1906-02-06
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
Color postcard
English
Image
20039 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ray Prueter, Robert Jennings, and Tom Laubacher at Groundbreaking for Hueneme Harbor Expansion
Prueter, Ray Donald, 1920-2008
Jennings, Robert
Laubacher, Tom
Port Hueneme Harbor (Calif.)
Group photo of three men each holding on to one of three handles of a shovel that is ready to go into the ground. The men wear suits and ties and are at the Hueneme Harbor. Next to them is a drawing reading "artist's conception future expansion Port of Hueneme."
Library records state: "Ground Breaking. June 30, 1969. First phase of harbor expansion. Mayor Ray Prueter, Robert Jennings, Pres. Oxnard Harbor Dist. Commission and Supervisor Tom Laubacher."
Unknown
Port Hueneme Museum, 1984
Museum of Ventura County
1969-06-30
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Portrait, Group
16.6 x 10.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10594
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Ventura View from Hills near San Buenaventura Mission
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Wharves
Bird's eye view of Ventura extending out to the ocean from hills behind the San Buenaventura Mission grounds. Ventura Wharf in view with a large shipped docked there at left of image. Bottom left of image shows a lumber yard. A large portion of Main Street and Santa Clara Street visible, as well as businesses and houses.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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23 x 12.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8271
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Sketch of a Clipper Ship
Robinson, Richard, 1817-1896
Clipper ships
Sketch of a clipper ship Richard Robinson built in 1854 by W. Stetson & Co. The sketch shows a black and white drawing of a three-masted ship on the waves. A banner reading: R. Robinson is flying from the middle mast of the ship. A smaller ship is in the background.
Museum records indicate that it was captained by Richard Robinson who, in 1873 moved to Ventura, CA and purchased land in the Santa Ana and Upper Ojai areas.
Unknown
Donated by: Shirley Robinson (Mrs. Wesley L.) Bliss, 1982
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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12.5 x 18 cm
Black and White Illustration
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8447
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Dick Gould and Dorothy Durfee as Children on Beach
Gould, Richard H.
Durfee, Dorothy
Wharves
Shipwrecks
Cousins Richard (Dick) and Dorothy play in the sand as children on a beach in Ventura. Dick lays on the ground next to a rope, and Dorothy stands. Both look at the viewer. The shipwrecked Coos Bay is behind them as well as the Ventura Wharf.
Unknown
Richard B. Gould Collection, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1910s
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17.8 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14908 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ship Loading Oil
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum--Transportation
Tankers
Closeup view of a ship loading oil. A Union 76 storage tank is in left foreground of the image.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Brown, Marguerite
Instructional Productions Co. (2527 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, Calif.)
Union Oil Company, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Union Oil Company of California
13788 OS - 13804 OS
27.3 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13800 OS
California
Ships Loading Oil
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum--Transportation
Tankers
Bird's eye view of ships loading oil in a harbor. Ships, buildings, and oil storage tanks visible, as well as water surrounding harbor and tracks running through the harbor.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Brown, Marguerite
Instructional Productions Co. (2527 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, Calif.)
Union Oil Company, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Union Oil Company of California
13788 OS - 13804 OS
27.3 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13799 OS
California
USS South Dakota in Ventura
South Dakota Class (Battleships)
Image taken from afar, ocean in foreground, of the USS South Dakota, in Ventura for a celebration in 1914. Bottom right of photo reads "Compliments of Dingman Studio Ventura."
'Photographer - Dingnan Studio.
Dingman
Accession No.: 00-7.68
Museum of Ventura County
1914
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23.7 x 40 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
12679 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Keene Reel 17, Family Vacation Footage
Animal feeding
Picnics
Miniature golf
Family vacations
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Farmyards
This reel's footage includes a succession of short scenes that mostly show people of various ages on vacation:
A large group gather for miniature golf and an elaborate picnic deep in a wooded area, beside a wood cabin. Families drive to and from vacation areas near rivers and lakes, children in tow. People feed and play with chickens on small farms. A couple visit the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.; the camera lingers on ships and ferries.
Toward the end, a man dressed in a suit walks along a dirt path, and two women pack luggage into a Ford Model A car before driving into the distance.
Unknown
Herman Keene Collection, 2021
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Accession No.: 2021-1
Museum of Ventura County
1920s
1930s
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Black and White Film
Home Movie
10 min., 55 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.17 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3a1005vy3sbgba/2021-1.17AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 17)</a>
California
Bird's Eye View of Ventura, Cal. from the Hill, 1911
Ventura--Views
Caption: "Bird's eye view of Ventura, Cal. from the Hill."
View of Ventura from the hill, focusing on a road stretching from the foreground through the city to the shore. Trees and buildings are nestled along the street in the foreground. The ocean and pier front are in the background, busy with several ships.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: Panama/California Exposition, San Diego, 1915;Slogan: "On The Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3088 and A16520]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
1911-11-22
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20058 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Untitled, (View of Wharf)
Wharves--Ventura
Landscape image of a seaside wharf. The wooden pier is in the background to the left, with a schooner ship docked at its head. The shoreline, dotted with dark pebbles is in the foreground, a foamy wave about to break.
[No publisher Stated (Logo: CK)]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20040 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
The Ocean-Ventura, Calif.
Beaches--Ventura--circa 1930
View of the Pacific Ocean from the beach. There are pebbles and gentle waves breaking on the sand. The silhouette of a ship with a smokestack is in the distance.
Caption: "THE OCEAN - VENTURA CALIF 33."
[No publisher stated, 33]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20024 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Proposed Harbor at Hueneme
Harbors--Port Hueneme
Port Hueneme--Harbor
Bird's eye view of proposed harbor build out at Hueneme. A freight ship is shown pulling into the proposed harbor, with industrial buildings and the coastline in the background.
[Azo]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20001 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Atlantic Fleet Passing Hueneme
Beaches--Port Hueneme
United States. Navy.
Wharves--Port Hueneme
View of beach in the foreground with two girls playing in the water. Fleet of ships are in the ocean in the background. Wharf shown on the right. Caption reads: "The Atlantic Fleet Passing Hueneme, Cal."
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, 21487]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
21589 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ventura, West Section, 1878
Ventura (Calif.)--Photographs
Bird's eye view of Ventura's west section facing westward toward the ocean.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1878
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Sepia photograph
19.6 x 11.1 cm
English
Image
3065
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Navy Ships
Ships
U.S. Navy
Navy Ships
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp334
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Transportation Mosaic
Transportation
Image of mosaic commissioned by Museum Docent Council. Artistic representation of the development of transportation in Ventura County.
Strauss, Larissa
Museum of Ventura County
2008
Copyright Larissa Strauss, 2008.
Glass mosaic
Glass mosaic
Strauss7
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Sailing Ship at Wharf
Oceans
Piers
Sailing ships
Sailing ship at wharf.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp298
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)